Podcast

There is a vast intelligence in Nature, which both precedes and envelopes human consciousness. By opening our doors of perception- the heart, the senses, the nervous system- we can engage in communion with this field and come to know the world in which we are embedded as sentient, responsive, and ever-adapting, just as our ancestors did.

Stephen Harrod Buhner is an earth poet and the award-winning author of twenty books on nature, indigenous cultures, the environment, and herbal medicine. He teaches about the sacredness of plants, the intelligence of Nature, and the states of mind necessary for successful habitation of Earth.

In the intro:

The attentive noticing of the soul

An herbalist's perspective on cold & flu

Empowerment & herbalism

Giveaway!

In the interview:

Stephen’s memories of his physician great-grandfather, and how DNA carries more than just physical information down through the generations

The tendency toward high sensitivity in plant people

Sensory gating channels & discerning meaning from the touch of the world upon us

The doors of perception & how psychedelics, or “neurognostics”, effect them

Plant perception and the neural networks in root systems- humans do not have a monopoly on intelligence

The function of psychedelics in the ecosystem, apart from and long before human use

The birth of James Lovelock’s Gaia theory and how real innovation & paradigm shifts can only happen outside of institutions

How we can recover the intelligence of the heart in the direct perception of nature